• CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    30·
    6 months ago

    This should read as:

    Regulators: allows the meat industry to put creatures in the filthiest conditions possible

    disease starts spreading and affecting the industry

    Regulators: 😧

    • umbrella@lemmy.ml
      45·
      6 months ago

      More like:

      Meat industry: lobbies regulators and focuses on profits above all else despite every warning against it

      disease starts spreading and affecting the industry

      Meat industry: 😮

      • Fedizen@lemmy.world
        23·
        6 months ago

        This is spot on. The meat industry for years has been trusted because of regulation. The moment you take away regulation you take away trust and start a race to the bottom. Ask any of these other deregulated industries:

        -News and Television -Deregulated in the 90s

        -Boeing and commercial aircraft - Merged unchallenged in the 90s and the FAA allowed “self reporting”

        -Banks - Deregulated in the 90s.

    • gdog05@lemmy.world
      1·
      6 months ago

      This really should read as:

      Republicans defund regulation budgets to appease meat producers’ donations.

      Regulators: “there’s three of us”

      Meat producers: “we have no incentive to follow existing laws and standards which were lax as hell to begin with.”